Image 1 — And if the Eastern Roman Empire had managed to survive, reconquer territory, and expel the Turks, and in 2026 it had these borders and was a competent dictatorship, what would its geopolitics be? Or would its weight in the world be nil, geopolitically speaking, due to its geographical location?
Image 2 — And if the Eastern Roman Empire had managed to survive, reconquer territory, and expel the Turks, and in 2026 it had these borders and was a competent dictatorship, what would its geopolitics be? Or would its weight in the world be nil, geopolitically speaking, due to its geographical location?

And if the Eastern Roman Empire had managed to survive, reconquer territory, and expel the Turks, and in 2026 it had these borders and was a competent dictatorship, what would its geopolitics be? Or would its weight in the world be nil, geopolitically speaking, due to its geographical location?

u/Seconds0712 — 8 days ago

And if the Eastern Roman Empire had survived with these borders, what would its geopolitics have been?

What would their geopolitics be in the world, in each sector: Africa, the Indo-Pacific, everywhere?

u/Seconds0712 — 9 days ago
▲ 198 r/Napoleon

What would have happened if Napoleon had been like Qin Shi Huang and unified all of Europe, creating a centralized state with common standards, laws, currency, and administration, as well as connecting and improving the great rivers for transportation? Would Europe have remained unified?

What would have happened if Napoleon had been like Qin Shi Huang and unified all of Europe, creating a centralized state with common standards, laws, currency, and administration? Would Europe have remained unified to this day, and if it were to divide, would it have reunited as China did several times throughout its history? And what about connecting and improving the great rivers for transportation?

u/Seconds0712 — 2 months ago
▲ 0 r/slavic

I never understood the Slavs as an ethnic and linguistic group. Are they a recent phenomenon, or did they exist long before then? What was happening in 200 BC in the area known as the biotoxic zone where the Slavs are believed to have originated, or did they not exist yet? I never understood this.

I never understood the Slavs as an ethnic and linguistic group. Are they a recent phenomenon, or did they exist long before then? What was happening in 200 BC in the area known as the biotoxic zone where the Slavs are believed to have originated, or did they not exist yet? I never understood this.

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u/Seconds0712 — 2 months ago

If Kievan Rus' had survived the Mongol invasion, but the invasion had led to a strong centralization of power to ensure the survival of the state, what would happen if it subsequently decided to expand eastward in order to find a natural border?

If Kievan Rus' had survived the Mongol invasion, but the invasion had led to a strong centralization of power to ensure the survival of the state, what would happen if it subsequently decided to expand eastward in order to find a natural border, eventually reaching the Pacific Ocean?

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u/Seconds0712 — 2 months ago

If Kievan Rus' had survived the Mongol invasion, but the invasion had led to a strong centralization of power to ensure the state's survival, what would have happened if it subsequently decided to expand eastward in order to find a natural border, reaching

If Kievan Rus' had survived the Mongol invasion, but the invasion had led to a strong centralization of power to ensure the survival of the state, what would happen if it subsequently decided to expand eastward in order to find a natural border, eventually reaching the Pacific Ocean?

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u/Seconds0712 — 2 months ago

Is it possible to produce 50 million tons of rice using vertical farming if a state subsidized the energy and initial investment, or is it currently unfeasible?

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u/Seconds0712 — 2 months ago
▲ 1.4k r/geography

I always wondered what the maximum population this place could support with its own food production?

u/Seconds0712 — 2 months ago
▲ 772 r/History_Maps+3 crossposts

What would Australia be like if it had this topography and was also 6 latitudes further south?

What would this Australia be like, specifically the eastern part? And wouldn't the great mountain plateau in the west act as a pump, drawing winds and rain from the ocean and increasing the monsoons' reach further south?

u/Seconds0712 — 2 months ago
▲ 1.9k r/JackSucksAtGeography+1 crossposts

Are there places in the world similar to China and India that could reach one billion inhabitants, for example, the Río de la Plata basin? Or other places?

What other places suggest that are not entire continents?

u/Seconds0712 — 2 months ago